Greg Gutfeld took a flamethrower to the media’s track record on Trump in a recent segment of The Five, calling out every pundit, journalist, and talking head who swore up and down that Trump was finished.

According to Gutfeld, Trump’s political story is nothing short of a modern fable—one where the entire media establishment tried to write him off, only to find themselves, years later, still having what we in the south call “come-aparts” about him.

If you’d like to watch the full segment from The Five before we dive in, here it is.

The segment wasn’t just about Trump—it was about the media’s ongoing failure to admit when they’re wrong. Gutfeld made it clear that the real story isn’t just Trump’s resilience; it’s the media’s outright refusal to confront reality.

Fox’s Greg Gutfeld told fellow panelist, former Democratic Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr., on Friday evening that President Donald Trump and conservatives should remind legacy media of their faults.

Since Trump’s first administration, legacy media has maintained an anti-Trump bias in its coverage, with CNN and NBC producing more than 90% negative coverage of Trump’s first 100 days in office, according to a 2017 Harvard study. While discussing Trump’s recent remarks at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Ford told the panel he wished the president didn’t “make it so personal” after acknowledging the legal attacks against Trump from the former administration’s DOJ. – MSN.com

Not make it personal, Harold? Really? I’ll give credit where it’s due—the left knows how to spin, or at least they used to. These days, though, it’s just straight-up hatred for Trump. Harold Ford Jr., on the other hand, doesn’t seem to have fallen into the Trump Derangement Syndrome trap. I wish more Democrats were like him. But I still take issue with him saying Trump is making this go ’round personal.

You Know The Story

Donald Trump’s rise to politics was anything but conventional, and that’s precisely what made it so powerful. When he rode down that golden escalator in 2015, announcing his candidacy, the media and political establishment snickered, convinced he was just another reality TV star playing at politics. But Trump wasn’t just another name on the ballot—he was exactly what the American people were craving. His unapologetic attitude, blunt talk, and refusal to play the game charmed voters fed up with a broken system. By 2016, he’d secured the Republican nomination and defied every expectation, turning the political world upside down.

Fast forward to Trump in office, and you start seeing what some now call “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” His critics didn’t just have a typical disagreement with him—they hated him. Personal attacks and wild claims became their go-to. I used to think the whole “Trump Derangement” thing was exaggerated, but honestly, the obsession is real.

Then came the “lawfare”—nonstop lawsuits, investigations, and impeachment efforts all aimed at taking him down. His enemies went all-in, trying to destroy him through the legal system. But instead of breaking him, it only gave him more resolve.

Throughout it all, Trump wasn’t just a candidate anymore – he became a new movement, MAGA rebooted. Trump was the face of what millions of Americans were feeling. The government was out of touch and corrupt, and people were done with it.

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Greg mentioned the third act of Donald Trump. I’ve decided to give my own spin on the Donald Trump Fable of All Ages play.

Act I: “The Punchline”

The 2016 election cycle started with media elites and political insiders laughing Trump off as a sideshow. Then, one by one, his opponents fell, and by the time the laughter stopped, he was standing on the debate stage against Hillary Clinton. The punchline? He won.

Act II: “The Reckoning”

After losing in 2020, Trump faced an unprecedented wave of legal battles, impeachments, and investigations—what many saw as the establishment’s full-force attempt to make sure he never returned. If Act I defied expectations, Act II was about dominating the battlefield.

Act III: “Unfinished Business

Now, against all odds (again), Trump is back in the White House. Whether you see this as a comeback story or a political earthquake, one thing is clear: the establishment’s worst nightmare has come true—Trump’s not done yet.

So no, Harold, this isn’t about personal vindication or revenge—though, frankly, I wouldn’t mind if it were. It’s about taking the United States government, with all three branches, and setting it back on the right course. That means cutting it down to size where possible and, more importantly, beginning the long-overdue dismantling of the deep state and its bloated bureaucracy.

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